Days and Nights (2014)
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as Elizabeth
as Eric
as Louis
as Herb
as Eva
as Johan
as Peter
as Mary
as Big Jim
as Stephen
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Critic Reviews for Days and Nights
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The cast, so packed with talent that Jean Reno and Cherry Jones barely register, is stuck with stagey dialogue. Juliet Rylance, in the Nina part, has a particularly hard time.
In a movie, nothing good ever seems to happen at a country house. And when it comes to this film, nothing very interesting happens, either.
One can certainly give this movie A for effort, but the achievement falls far short of the lofty intentions.
At 92 minutes, Days and Nights feels choppy and hurried, pushing the narrative toward inevitable tragedy rather than exploring how these dispirited people got there.
Despite the theatrical mannerisms, the story can't help but periodically pick up steam and become compelling. I don't think that was a bad film, I just didn't connect with it.
Lines are read as if unrelated to the ones that came before it, giving conversations a stilted, unnatural coldness.
Audience Reviews for Days and Nights
A family unites at a country house, and old wounds open as the patriarch confronts his failing health. Days and Nights is the film equivalent of Chekhov for Dummies. All the plot elements of The Seagull are checked off, but writer/director/star Christian Camargo doesn't have the same ear for subtext that the great Russian Master made famous. In Chekhov, the beat-to-beat movements of a scene are subtle and logical, but in Carmargo's adaptation, the logic is missing and the narrative is choppy. Stars Jean Reno, Katie Holmes, and Ben Winshaw are wasted on small and under-used parts, but William Hurt brings a vitality to the ailing patriarch that makes the film momentarily fun and interesting. Overall, anyone interested in Chekhov on film should check out The Duel or Vanya on 42nd Street instead of this weak effort.
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